The Nigerian Senate has confirmed as ministers, all of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial nominees who have been screened.
The upper chamber screened 10 candidates on Tuesday; and 10 were penciled for screening on Wednesday as well. However, at 5pm on Wednesday and with eight candidates screened, the senate resolved to halt the process and continue on Thursday.
The two outstanding nominees are Adebayo Shittu (Oyo state) and Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers state).
The nominees now confirmed to be ministers are:
Udoma Udo Udoma
Kayode Fayemi
Audu Ogbe
Ogbonnaya Onu
Osagie Ehanire
Abdulrahman Dambazau
Lai Mohammed
Amina Mohammed
Suleiman Adamu
Ibrahim Jibril
Babatunde Fashola
Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu
Abubakar Malami
Chris Ngige
Aisha Alhassan
Solomon Dalong
Kemi Adeosun
Hadi Sirika
